Shocking-machine.



G. JOHNSON.

SHOCKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 313.10, 1913v Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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G. JOHNSON.

SHOCKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PBBJO, 1913. 1,1 30,737. v Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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G. JOHNSON.

SHOCKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED 313.10, 191s.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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GUDMUNDUR JOHNSON, OF GLENBORO, MANITOBA, CANADA.

SHOCKING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed February 10, 1913. Serial N 0. 747,861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G'UDMUNDUR JOHN- SON, of the village of Glenboro, in the Provinceof Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shocking-Machines, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to a shocking machine particularly to that class which is drawn along with a binding machine and receives the sheaves deposited from the deck of the binder, collects them and deposits them on the ground in the form of a shock.

The object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, light, easily operated and durable machine which is entirely automatic in its operation and which will de-' posit the shock on the ground in a manner which will allow the shock to remain upright as the machine passes away.

- It consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 represents a front View of the complete machine. Fig. 2 a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 a side view. Fig. 4 an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through the controlling wheel on the counter shaft, the section being taken in the plane denoted by the line X-X Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view through the controlling wheel and adjoining parts the section being taken in the plane denoted by the line YY Fig. 4.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 represents the main frame of the shocking machine, comprising a front beam 2, three rearwardly extending beams 3, 4, and 5, a cross beam 6 and a rear brace beam 7 located between the rear ends of the beams 4 and 5. The beam 3 carries more or less centrally a stub shaft 8 on which is rotatably mounted a carriage wheel 9 and the beams 4 and 5 carry more or less centrally bearings 10 for the main drive shaft 11 on which I have fixed a traction wheel 12, the shaft rotating in the bearings. The frame is connected to the binder frame 13 by front and rear brackets 14 so that the shocking machine is pulled over the ground with the binding machine.

15 represents the binder deck.

The frame 1 carries four corner posts 16, 17, 18 and 19 connected by cross or spring beams 20, 21, 22 and 23 it being noticed that the posts 16, 18 and 19 extend considerably above the spacing beams 20, 21 and 23 and that the beam 22 is elevated considerably higher than the other spacing beams. An upright 24 is carried by the beam 20 and a supporting beam 25 passes rearwardly from the upper end of the upright 24 to the beam 22 where it is fastened. It is to be noticed also that the end of the beam 20 overhangs the corner post 17 the reason for which will be shortly apparent.

26 is a horizontally disposed crank shaft mounted in suitable bearings 27 and 28 carried by the posts 18 and 19 and 29 is a basket or sheaf receiving receptacle having a closed rear end 30 supplied with straps 31 which suspend the rear end of the basket permanently from the body of the crank shaft. The basket is more or less bell or cone shaped having a large open front end 32 and a partially open side 33 the opening being formed to admit the sheaves passed from the elevator later described over the deflecting plate 34 carried permanently by the basket.

The crank. shaft is located so that the basket can be swung downwardly and rearwardly in the direction indicated by the arrow a Fig. 3 with the shaft as its axis, the forward edge of the basket clearing the ground. The forward end of the basket is normally suspended by a trip mechanism formed from a catch bar 35 carried by a top shaft 36 mounted in suitable bearings 37 carried by the supporting beam 25. The lower end of the catch bar is booked and engages with a catch plate or lug 38 fastened firmly to the side of the basket. The end of the shaft 36 is formed into a crank 39 manipulated by a certain mechanism later described.

Forward and rear pressure bars 40 and 41 are permanently secured to the shaft 36 and extend within the basket, there being suitable slots 42 formed in the basket side to admit them. The formed pressure bar carries a plate 43 which passes through the slot 42 in the basket and has the outer edge thereof engaging with the catch bar 35.

44 is a butter curved to correspond with the forward end of the basket and having the upper edge thereof connected permanentl-y to the cross beam and the lower end passing over and bearing on the beam 6 to which it is secured. Braces 45 pass between the butter and the frame.

1:6 is an inclined endless conveyer or elevator provided with the usual side shields 47 and -18, top and bottom shaft 19- and 50,

chain wheels 51 and 52 and endless chains 53, the chains carrying cross slats 54:. The upper end of the conveyer is carried by the extending ends of the posts 16 and 18 while the lower end is supported. by braces 55. The lower end of the conveyer is arranged "to receive the sheaves deposited from the deck 15 and the upper end is located immediately adjoining the deflector plate 34: so that the elevated sheaves are passed directly to the deflecting plate and thence to the basket.

56 is a counter shaft rotatably mounted in I bearings 57 and 58 extending outwardly from the posts 16 and 17. The counter shaft carries a chain wheel 59 connected through a chain 60 with a chain wheel 61 fixed on the drive shaft 11. 7

62 is a bevel wheel supplied with a sleeve 63 feathered on the shaft 56 and 6 1 is a bevel wheel meshing with the bevel wheel 62 and rotatably mounted on a stub shaft 65 ex' tending outwardly from the forward side of theplate or butter 44.

' 66 is a chain wheel formed integral with the bevel wheel 64: and also rotatable on the stub shaft. This chain wheel is connected through a chain 67 with a chain wheel 68 on the shaft 49, these parts forming the drive for the conveyer.

The rear end ofthe shaft 49 is formed into a crank 19 which is connected through a link 69 with the cranked end 70 of a on ,the end of the shaft 56 which wheel is provided with an extending arm 7 1 and an extending concentric flange 7 5, the flange carrying two cross webs 76 and 77 which form a pocket for a spring pressed sliding block or detent 78 fitted with long and short upwardlydirected pins 79 and 80 both of which pins extend through openings reserved at 81 and 82 in the flange.

83 is a disk fi-Xed on the shaft 56 and having a concentric flange 84 which receives a portion of the flange 75. The flange 84 is supplied with suitably spaced openings 85 designed to admit the pin 80.

A spring bar 86 is permanently secured to the beam 21 and extends beyond the post 17 and is supplied with an offset end 86 arranged to bear on the face of the wheel 73 and arrest the rotation of said wheel by passing into a notch formed in the circume ference thereof. The body of the bar is located directly over the upper end of the pin 79 with which it is designed to engage when the offset end enters the notch. The depression of the forward end of the spring bar when it enters the notch is designed to depress the pin 79 and in so doing cause the pin to withdraw from one or the other of the openings in the flange 84: thus allowing the flange 75 to rotate free of the flange 84. In other words, as long as the offset end of the spring bar is in the notch the shaft 56 and disk can rotate without rotating the wheel 7 3.

The crank 39 hereinbefore referredto is connected with the link 87 which has the lower end pivotally connected to a lever 88 and a trip rod 89, the lever being pivotally connected to the cross beam 20 at 88 while the lower end of the trip rod passes slidably through the spring bar and is provided with an enlarged head. A spiral spring 90 encircles the trip rod and bears on the upper face of the spring bar. The trip rod, link and lever operate in conjunction with the shaft 36 and pressure bars 40 and 11 to release the offset end of the spring bar from the notch, this being effected by the sheaves in the basket pressing the bars 4:0 and 41 to the side of the basket as the shock is completed. \Vhen this occurs the detent 78 is free to escape upwardly acting under its spring and pass the pin 80 into the opening 85 presented by the flange 8 1. The wheel 73 will then rotate with the shaft 56 and the arm 74. will be turned. The arm is connected by a rod 91 with the cranked end of the shaft 26. Accordingly wing to the relative positions of the arm 74 d the cranked end of the shaft the basket will be forced to rotate in the direction already indicated by the arrow a in Fig. 3, thereby upsetting or dumping the shock contained in the basket butt down on the ground.

It is here pointed out that the basket is swung backwarclly to clear the shock as the machine advances and then returns to the original position. Further it is to be noticed the catchbar 35 is freed from the lug 38 at the same instant that the spring bar is released from the notch 75, this action freeing the basket to turn. hen the basket returns to the original position the catch piece simply springs in behind the lug and .holds the front end of the basket up.

In order to throw the elevator out of commission during the interval the basket is end thereof is connected by a hinge 9-i to a bar 95 having the opposite end thereof connected with the sleeve 68. A spiral spring 95 passes between the bar 95 and the back of the butter 4A- which spring tends to pull the sleeve in a direction which will cause the bevel wheel 6:2 to pass out of engagement with the bevel wheel 64: upon the joint atthe hinge being collapsed. The joint at the hinge is collapsed or broken by the arm 7 f carrying the outer end of the lever 93 downwardly as soon as the said arm commences to rotate. This will throw the elevator out of commission immediately a shock is to be upset.

96 is a bell crank pivotally mounted on a suitable supporting pin 97. One arm of the bell crank is connected to the outer end of the rocking lever by a rod 98 while the op posite end of the bell. crank is arranged to swing upwardly into the path of the arm 74]; immediately the rocking lever is depressed. Consequently when the lever 7a is about to complete its rotation it engages with the then upswung end of the bell crank. draws up the rocking lever and closes the previously broken joint at the hinge. This causes the bevel wheels to again engage.

It is to be noticed that the bevel wheels will not be engaged until the basket has been practically returned to the original or receiving position as the arm 74 controls this entirely. and it does not engage with the bell crank until it is almost in its original forward position.

99 is a spiral spring passing between the cranked end of the shaft 26 and the post 19.

The general operation of the machine is now described assuming that it be drawn over a. field with a binder and that the sheaves are passed over the binder deck on to the elevator. The counter shaft 56 is rotated directly by the chain 60 and operates the elevator through the intermediate bevel wheels 62 and 64: and the chain 67. The shaft 49 operates the packers which press the sheaves brought up by the elevator into the basket. When a sufficient number of sheaves are in the basket the pressure bars are pressed by the sheaves to actuate both the trip rod and the catch bar thereby simultaneously releasing the forward end of the basket and withdrawing the spring bar from the notch. The disk 83 and actuating wheel 73 are then immediately coupled up so that the arm 74 rotates with. the shaft 56. As it rotates it swings the basket by means of the rod 91 and simultaneously throws out the bevel wheels thereby stopping the elevators. The shockis deposited as the basket swings, the offset end of the spring bar meantime riding on the periphery of the actuating wheel. The basket is returned after dumping the shock and just prior to the arm 74 returning to its original position it engages with thebell crank 96 and causes the bevel wheels to engage and resets the outer end of the rocking lever. The offset end of the spring bar 86 passes into the notch 75 as soon as the notch is presented and in so doing disconnects the disk from the actuating wheel so that the movement of the basket is stopped. o

The machine operates entirely independent of anyone on the binder, receiving its sheaves, forming a shock and depositing the completed shock on the ground as long as it is drawn by the binder.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination comprising a portable main frame, a sheaf receiving and shock forming basket having one end thereof closed and the other end open and provided with an opening in the upper side thereof designed to admit sheaves to the basket, a rotatably mounted cross shaft carried by the main frame and secured permanently to the closed end of the basket, said shaft having a cranked end, arotatably mounted counter shaft carried by the frame, means for driving the counter shaft, a trip mechanism normally engaging with the basket and suspending the same normally in the horizontal position, pressure bars engagealole with the trip mechanism and extending within the basket, said bars being designed when pressed to release the trip mechanism, an operating wheel rotatably mounted on the counter shaft, a rod connecting the wheel with the cranked end of the cross shaft, a disk fixed on the counter shaft and adjoining the actuating wheel, normally depressed means carried by the operating wheel and engageable with the disk and means actuated by the trip mechanism for releasing said latter means to couple said actuating wheel to the disk, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination comprising a portable main frame, a sheaf receiving and shock forming basket having one end thereof closed and the other end open and provided with an opening in the upper side thereof designed to admit sheaves to the basket, a rotatably mounted cross shaft carried by the main frame and secured permanently to the closed end of the basket, said shaft having a cranked end, a rotatably mounted counter shaft carried by the frame. means for driving the counter shaft, a trip mechanism normally engaging with. the basket and suspending the same normally in the horizontal position, pressure bars en gageable'with the trip mechanism and eX tending Within the basket, said bars being designed when pressed to release the trip mechanism, an actuating Wheel rotatably mounted on the counter shaft and provided with an extending concentric flange with openings therein, said Wheel having a notch in the periphery thereof, a rod connecting the actuating Wheel with the cranked end of the cross rod,-a disk fixed on the counter shaft and provided With a concentric flange which receives a portion of the latter flange, said disk flange having a series of suitably located openings therein, a spring pressed slidably mounted detent carried by the operating Wheel, pins extending from the de- Copies of this patent may be obtained for tent and entering the openings aforesaid in the flange of the operating Wheel, oneof said pins being longer than the other and passing to the side of the disk flange, a spring bar carried by the frame and provided With an ofiset end arranged to enter the notch in the actuating Wheel and engage With and depress the long pin and means actuated byth e trip device for Withdrawing the ofiset end of the spring bar from the notch, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Winnipeg this 5th day of November, 1912.

GUDMUNDUR JOHNSON. In the presence of o G. S. ROXBURGH,

S. Gotrrn.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

